Evaluation of Emergency Department Management of Opioid-Tolerant Cancer Patients With Acute Pain.

Abstract:

CONTEXT:There are no previously published studies examining opioid doses administered to opioid-tolerant cancer patients during emergency department (ED) encounters. OBJECTIVES:To determine if opioid-tolerant cancer patients presenting with acute pain exacerbations receive adequate initial doses of as needed (PRN) opioids during ED encounters based on home oral morphine equivalent (OME) use. METHODS:We performed a retrospective cohort study of opioid-tolerant cancer patients who received opioids in our ED over a two-year period. The percentage of patients who received an adequate initial dose of PRN opioid (defined as ≥10% of total 24-hour ambulatory OME) was evaluated. Logistic regression was used to establish the relationship between 24-hour ambulatory OME and initial ED OME to assess whether higher home usage was associated with higher likelihood of being undertreated. RESULTS:Out of 216 patients, 61.1% of patients received an adequate initial PRN dose of opioids in the ED. Of patients taking <200 OMEs per day at home, 77.4% received an adequate initial dose; however, only 3.2% of patients taking >400 OMEs per day at home received an adequate dose. Patients with ambulatory 24-hour OME greater than 400 had 99% lower odds of receiving an adequate initial dose of PRN opioid in the ED compared to patients with ambulatory 24-hour OME less than 100 (OR <0.01, CI 0.00-0.02, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS:Patients with daily home use less than 200 OMEs generally received adequate initial PRN opioid doses during their ED visit. However, patients with higher home opioid usage were at increased likelihood of being undertreated.

journal_name

J Pain Symptom Manage

authors

Patel PM,Goodman LF,Knepel SA,Miller CC,Azimi A,Phillips G,Gustin JL,Hartman A

doi

10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.07.013

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-10-01 00:00:00

pages

501-507

issue

4

eissn

0885-3924

issn

1873-6513

pii

S0885-3924(17)30276-2

journal_volume

54

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